The Art Issue: our new cover
Our new cover, which we're rather pleased with, features a photo by Nicole Bachmann of the London home of New Zealand sculptor Francis Upritchard and her husband, furniture designer Martino Gamper....
View ArticleHome of the Year 2013 shortlist
We're delighted to announce the homes shortlisted for the Home of the Year 2013. Next week, HOME editor Jeremy Hansen will accompany fellow judges Lance Herbst of Herbst Architects and Cathleen...
View ArticleStyle Safaris are back!
We're delighted to announce that our popular Style Safaris are making a comeback. On Friday May 10, we'll be taking a small group of readers on a day-long tour of Auckland's best design stores, where...
View ArticleHome of the Year 2013 - the finalists
The Home of the Year judges have completed their deliberations, and the finalists in our 18th annual Home of the Year award have been selected. We're delighted to present them for you here (with thanks...
View ArticleMartino Gamper visits Auckland
Good news, design-philes: the incredibly talented (and witty and charming) Italian furniture designer Martino Gamper, whose home features on the cover of our current issue, is in Auckland next week to...
View ArticleHome of the Year 2013: our new cover
We're delighted to announce that the winner of the Home of the Year 2013 is the beautiful Headland house on Waiheke Island by Stevens Lawson Architects. A photo by Mark Smith of the home's main...
View ArticleOn film: Home of the Year 2013 by Stevens Lawson Architects
We're delighted to show you around the Home of the Year 2013 by Stevens Lawson Architects, a beautiful curvaceous dwelling on Waiheke Island. Enjoy this short web film - and also make sure to pick up a...
View ArticleSubscribe now and get a genuinely great free gift
We're hoping that those of you who aren't already subscribers to HOME might be tempted by this offer: subscribe now for one year (six issues) for $43 (which saves $17 on the cover price) and you'll...
View ArticleComing soon: The Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
HOME is delighted to support the Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival, which hits screens in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin in May and June with a lineup of the best architecture and design...
View ArticleThe winners in the New Zealand Architecture Awards
There's a bunch of terrific buildings in the New Zealand Architecture Awards, bestowed at a function in Auckland last night (May 24) by the NZ Institute of Architects. First, congratulations to Fearon...
View ArticleOur new cover
Here's the cover of our special Design Issue, featuring a group of our stunning furniture and lighting Design Awards finalists. The photo is by Toaki Okano, and the shoot was conceptualised and styled...
View ArticleDesign Awards 2013 - the winner!
The results are in! Congratulations to Simon James and Scott Bridgens, whose 'Hex' pendant light takes top honours in our furniture and lighting Design Awards 2013. The 'Hex' pendant is a sleek,...
View ArticleCalifornia Design - an interview with co-curator Bobbye Tigerman
The epitome of California style: The Kaufmann House in Palm Springs, designed by Richard Neutra in 1946. Photo by Julius Shulman, 1947.© J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman...
View ArticleUpdated: World Architecture Festival - the NZ finalists
Seven New Zealand projects have been listed as finalists in the World Architecture Festival, to be held in Singapore in October. The Auckland Art Gallery, designed by FJMT and Archimedia, is a...
View ArticleOuttakes: McKinney's transformed Kingsland Villa
Architect Jack McKinney's Auckland villa renovation featured in our June/July 2012 issue, and remains one of our favourites. In some ways, it was a classic bang-out-the-back scenario - albeit with a...
View ArticleOuttakes: A beautiful beach getaway by Min Hall
It's that time of year when we start fantasising about taking a break - not an all-action holiday, but something quiet and wintry that mostly involves reading books around a fire. This home by...
View ArticleWe like: Rekindling Christchurch
We like Christchurch's Rekindle, a fascinating firm making furniture out of demolition timber. We also like Shop Eight, the great cafe in New Regent Street it shares its headquarters with. HOME's...
View ArticleOuttakes: A Mount Maunganui marvel by Evan Mayo
Mount Maunganui is one of New Zealand's favourite summer destinations, but when Heather Coyne and Mark Winter asked Hamilton-based architect Evan Mayo of Architecture Bureau to design them a holiday...
View ArticleMy Favourite Building: Michael Lett
We've been running our 'My Favourite Building' page at the back of the magazine since 2005, and recently decided it'd be quite fun to look back over some of the people and buildings we've featured....
View ArticleOuttakes: Devonport house by Michael O'Sullivan
We really like this home in Devonport, Auckland, by architect Michael O'Sullivan of Bull O'Sullivan Architects (who also designed our Home of the Year in 2011). The long form of the home is clad in...
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